PalmenGarten Tulpe, 1

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tags: PalmenGarten, Frankfurt am Main,
tags: Max-Planck Institut für Biophysik, Frankfurt am Main,
Today is the 400th anniversary of the birth of Rembrandt van Rijn. In honor, I give you The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp (1632) which is probably my favorite Rembrandt painting.
An interesting post from Repository for Bottled Monsters gathers together a few links on art/exhibit censorship, like this opinion,

How appropriate, one of the some 120 cultivars of Parrot Tulip!

The pinks that I know of include "Fantasy", "Pink Panther", "Quasimodo", "Paradise"...

("Parrot" tulips are considered class 10, developed from late-flowering mutations crossed with class 3 "Triumph" tulips)

By David Hilmy (not verified) on 14 Mar 2010 #permalink

No, it's not fair! You are not allowed to have tulips until the rest of us can have them, too, and that's not until May!